Dune News - John D. MacArthur Beach State Park

John D. MacArthurBeach State Park10900 State Rd. 703 (A1A)North Palm Beach, FL 33408Office Phone:(561) 624-6950Nature Center:(561) 624-6952Fax:(561) 624-6954Friends Office:(561) 776-7449Websites:www.macarthurbeach.orgwww.floridastateparks.orgMore than just a beach!Newsletter created byAaron Welch • (772) 463-8216Did You Know...NolanDid you know …… that MacArthur Beach is still known to many local residents as Air Force Beach?During WWII, what is now Palm Beach International Airport was called MorrisonField. The Army Air Corps ferried thousands of planes from there to the Azores andon into Europe and North Africa. All of this was done without air conditioning, so thetroops were regularly trucked to our beach to swim and cool off.…that the south end of our beach is still known to many as Manhattan Beach?Prior to America’s entry into WWII, German submarines routinely operated closeto the Florida coast, and on at least one occasion, shelled and sank a Britishvessel near our beach. Because we were still a neutral country, American shipsturned on all their lights and stayed close to shore. The liner Manhattan, sailingfrom New York to Havana, got a little too close to shore and ran aground, henceManhattan Beach.…that the north end of our beach was a popular sunning and bathing beach fornudists and was widely known as Bare “Ankle” Beach?John D. MacArthur Beach State Park10900 State Road 703 (A1A)North Palm Beach, Florida 33408More than just a beach!Look inside and see howMacBeach can enrich your life!NONPROFITU.S. POSTAGEPAIDWEST PALM BCHFLPERMIT NO. 4941